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Datura stramonium

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{{stub}}[[Image:Datura stramonium-2.jpg|thumb|right]]'''Datura stramonium''' is an erect often much-branched, annual to short-lived perennial plant that can grow up to 2 metres tall. Thorn apple is a popular traditional medicine with a long history of use. It is harvested from the wild, both as a medicine and also as a source of materials. It is cultivated commercially as a medicinal plant, mainly to supply active compounds for the pharmaceutical industry.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Fistulas}}, {{Uses|Abscesses}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Swellings}}, {{Uses|Burns}}, {{Uses|Fungal infections}}, {{Uses|Tumours}}, {{Uses|Severe neuralgia}}, {{Uses|Headaches}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{Uses|Intestinal pain}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootSeeds}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=Devis trumpet|gu=|hi=|kn=Ummatti|ks=|ml=|mr=|pa=|ta=|te=}}
==Properties==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
 
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Annual herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|||Have an unpleasant scent when crushed or bruised}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower||||Appear on the plant from June to August}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsules|||||Capsules of this plant located at the forks between branchs}}
===Other features===
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Dry waste ground}}, {{Commonly seen|Amongst rubble}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Ruins of old buildings}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
Image:DATURA STRAMONIUM - GUIXERS - IB-616.JPG| A Guixers (Solsonès-Catalunya)Image:DATURA STRAMONIUM - GUIXERS - IB-615.JPG| A Guixers (Solsonès-Catalunya)File:DATURA STRAMONIUM - TORÀ - IB-602 (Estramoni).JPG|A Torà (Segarra - Catalunya)Image:Datura stramonium 2000.jpgImage:DaturaStramonium-plant-sm.jpgImage:Datura stramonium-2.jpg
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">["Chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 160</ref> <ref name="MorphologyHow to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Datura+stramonium Cultivation]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/18006 Datura stramonium on.cabi.org ]* [ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/datura-stramonium Datura stramonium on sciencedirect.com]* [ ]
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